Vegetable-slicer



UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

GUSTAV A. YAISER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

VEG ETABLE-SLICER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,930, dated January12, 1892.

Application filed October 5, 1891. Serial No. 407,739. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV A. YAISER, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Vegetable-Slicers, of which the following is aspecification.

This is a device intended for household and hotel use for the purpose ofslicing apples, potatoes, cabbages, and other vegetables; and the natureand construction of the invention are fully described below, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a planView of the device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is anenlarged vertical section on line as, Fig. 1. Fig. at is an enlargedvertical section on line y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A is a floor or surface provided on the side edges of its upper surfacewith the side rails B, thus forming a trough. The under side is providedwith rails (3, which are placed under the rails B and serve to lift thetrough from the table or surface on which itis placed. The rails O arerigidly secured to the floorboard A and the rails B are reinovablyattached thereto by means of bolts D and tho m bnuts E, the boltsextending up through the floor and rails with their heads D flush withthe under surface of the rails C and the nuts E turning on the upperscrew-threaded ends of the bolts against the upper surface of the railsB. A transverse opening H is cut across the floor-boards A between therails B, the sides thereof preferably inclining away from the directionof the approaching vegetable which is to be sliced, (See Fig. 3). Overthis opening is placed a knife I. The ends I of thisknife are of eventhickness and are Within recesses or slots B, in therails B,the portionsof said recesses next the heel of the knife being of about the samewidth as the thickness of the knife, but increasing in width toward theedge of the knife, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. The edge I of theknife is set toward the edge of the opening H, whose upper corner formsan obtuse angle. It will thus be seen that there is room for the edge ofthe knife to be raised and lowered in the recesses B. J, Fig. 4, tis ahole or recess in the floor A, one being formed under the front or edgeof the knife beneath each rail B. Within this recess is a spiral springK, secured to the bottom of the hole by a screw L, and holding in itsupper end a rubber block N. This spring holds the knife-edge I" normallyup against the upper edge of the recess B. P P are thumb-screwsextending through the rails B against the upper surface of the knifenear its edge I and screwing in the plates S.-

The potato or other vegetable to be sliced is pushed along the trough tothe knife-edge and retracted and the operation repeated until it isentirely sliced, the slices dropping through the hole H. Of course whenit is retracted it simply slips back over the knife without being out,so as to be in position to approach the knife-edge again. The thicknessof the slice is regulated by turning the thumb screws P.

The rubber blocks N prevent the springs K from scratchingthe knife andprovide suitable friction, and the bottoms of the ends I of the knifeare preferably serrated to give the rubber blocks a firmer grip andprevent them from slipping.

The knife can be readily removed by unscrewing the thumb-nuts E andlifting off the side rails B.

The entire device is simple, economical, not easily put out of repair,and the work may be accomplished on it with great rapidity.

Having thus fully described my invention, whatI claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a vegetable-slicer, the combination of the board or floor A, providedwith the transverse opening H, the removable side rails 13, providedwith the graduated openings 13, the knife I, placed over said opening Hand within said openings B, the springs Kill the holes J and supportingthe rubber blocks N, and the thumbscrew P, substantially as described.

GUSTAV A. YAlSER.

Witnesses HENRY W.WILL1AMs, J. M. HARTNETT.

